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Bill Streeter is joined by Bowls MacLean on this episode to discuss the six part HBO documentary series Q: Into the Storm by Cullin Hoback. Bowls has his own podcast, the Bowls MacLean hour which you can listen to here.
The Vow is a new nine part documentary series on HBO about the NXIVM mlm sex cult. we discuss if it's worth watching and look forward to some other documentaries that will be dropping soon.
We launched this podcast in October of 2019 so we are one year old this month! We took this opportunity to take a look back at some of the films we talked about in our first year of the Podcast.
We were joined this week by Bobby Herrera to discuss a documentary he picked called "In the Realm of Perfection" by Julien Faraut.Bobby (Robert T. Herrera) is an old friend and colleague of both Bill and Jacob. He has made several films and yo
This week we watched the 2015 documentary The Wolfpack about a family who lived isolated in the middle of New York for years and the six brothers who eventually escaped.
This week we are joined by Oscar Harding who is finishing his own film "A Life on the Farm" which is a found footage documentary for which he is raising money to finish on Kickstarter here. We discuss this project and if you find the project as
On this episode we discuss the disturbing yet compelling 2003 documentary Capturing the Friedmans that offers a rare inside look at a family facing a profound crisis when the father and one son is accused of child molestation.
This is an episode recorded before the Covid-19 pandemic. Where's My Roy Cohn? is a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential figures of the 20th century that you've probably never heard of.
We were joined this week by guest filmmaker Justin L. Fisher who picked Side by Side (available to stream on multiple platforms) for our discussion this week. Justin has a new film out himself entitled "Recording in Progress" about the current
Where we take a look at the 1992 experimental documentary Baraka. Mentioned in the podcast is this interview with the filmmakers.
This week in honor of the opening of the 2020 Baseball season (finally) we decided to look back at this 2014 film, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, about the fabled Portland Mavericks, a short lived independent class A team that operated in P
Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a meditative character study about an 85 year old sushi master in Japan. This 2011 film was released in 2011 and shot and directed by David Gelb. We discuss this film and if you like it we suggest a few other films that
After a brief hiatus and while sheltered in place, Strangers to Fiction is back to talk about Netflix's much-memed documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. The series goes inside the world of private zoo owners, in particular
This week we are joined by documentary filmmaker David Wraith to discuss the 2016 film Check It. The film follows a group of gay and transgendered youths in Washington D.C. who started a gang to protect themselves. Directed by Dana Flor and Tob
On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we watch the 2004 Academy Award nominated documentary Super Size Me from director Morgan Spurlock. The film follows Spurlock as he eats McDonald's three times a day for 30 days. It also takes a hard look
This week we watched the 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams which follows two boys from impoverished Chicago neighborhoods as they chase their dreams of becoming professional basketball players. Shot over five years as the boys were in high school, H
This week we watched the first film from acclaimed historical documentary filmmaker Ken Burns - Brooklyn Bridge. We discuss the career of Ken Burns, his impact on documentary filmmaking and the elements that constitute a Ken Burns film.
This week we are watching the 1999 cult-favorite documentary American Movie. The film follows filmmaker Mark Borchardt as he attempt to make a short independent film.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 documentary that looks inside the world of competitive arcade gaming. The film follows upstart Steve Wiebe as he challenges "the world's best gamer" Billy Mitchell for the high score in Donkey K
In 1989 Michael Moore released his groundbreaking directorial debut Roger & Me which chronicles Moore's efforts to get a meeting with then General Motors CEO Roger Smith following the closing of several GM facilities in Moore's hometown of Flin
On this episode BIll and Jacob discuss the new Netflix documentary series Don't F**k With Cats. Make sure you've watched the series before listening, we'll even avoid any spoilers in the description. Have a great New Year folks.
This week on Strangers to Fiction we take a look back at the 1972 Academy Award winning documentary Marjoe. A former child preacher, Marjoe Gortner, invites a documentary crew to follow him on a revival tour, while confessing that he is not a b
On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we start with an impromptu discussion on the state of Netflix documentaries before diving into their newest series The Devil Next Door. Check us out on FB!
On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we discuss two films by legendary documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. We take a look at Vernon, Florida - a film pieced together after the originally project Nub City had to be scrapped. As well as Mr. De
On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we delve into three project by prolific filmmaker Werner Herzog - Grizzly Man, Into the Abyss and Meeting Gorbachev. Since directing his first film at nineteen, Herzog has gone on to direct more than sixt
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